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The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

How can this full, perfect, just and supreme voice of the people, embodied in the Constitution, be brought to bear, habitually and steadily, in counteracting the fatal tendency of the government to the absolute and despotic control of the numerical majority?

The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.